UCR Faculty Member Elected Fellow of Entomological Society of America
Dr. Marshall W. Johnson has earned national and international recognition for his outstanding contributions to entomology in research, teaching, extension, and the successful development and implementation of successful integrated pest management programs in field crops, vegetables, tropical crops, vines, and tree crops systems. His efforts have resulted in a reduction in pesticide use and maximization of natural enemies in a number of crop systems. Science Citation Index lists more than 1,400 citations of Johnson's refereed journal articles in more than 160 publications. Johnson holds a B.S. and M.S. in Entomology from North Carolina State University and a Ph.D. in Entomology from the University of California-Riverside. He is currently IPM Extension Specialist and Entomologist and Lecturer at the University of California-Riverside. He previously was the Chair of the Department of Entomology and the Vice Chair of the Department of Plant and environmental Protection Services at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He has awards from the University of Hawaii, the Hawaiian Entomological Society, and the Entomological Society of America. He is currently President-Elect of the International Organization for Biological Control and a Past President of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. He was also a member of the ESA Governing Board and chair of several of its committees, the editor of the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Hawaii for several years and editor of Biological Control from 1997-2004.